Writing Reports and Proposals

Anybody who writes proposals or reports for business would benefit from this course.

This would suit admin and salespeople, supervisors, and junior managers in non-technical environments.

Document formatting knowledge or MS Word experience. This is a computer-based course. Please let your sales representative know if you are not able to bring your own laptop with. A computer can be hired for you to use at an additional cost.

The Stages of Report Writing

This session will introduce the four stages of report writing: investigating, planning, writing, and revising.

• The First Stage – Investigating
  • The first step is to gather the information for your report. This session will give participants some guidelines to ensure that what they gather is accurate.
• The Second Stage – Planning
  • Participants will learn how to plan a report based on information gathered during the first stage.
• The Third Stage – Writing 
  • Participants will practice writing a draft and check that their writing is clear, concise, complete, and correct.
    
• The Fourth Stage – Revising
  • In this session, participants will learn about the importance of revision, including spelling and grammar checks.

Using Headings

• This session will provide a brief introduction to organizing a report.

Charts and Graphs

• Next, participants will learn the right way to add charts and graphs to their report.

The Proposal

• During this session, participants will learn how writing a proposal is different from writing a report. Participants will also review the ten steps to successful proposal writing.

Persuasion

• This session will look at the finishing touches for a report, including steps in the persuasion process, how to design your message, and how to deal with tough questions.

Practical Application

• To summarize all that they have learned, participants will peer edit each others’ work.

Giving Credit

• This final session will focus on documentation methods and styles.